Post updated tables so we can compare please

[lulu10093]

Hi I thought it may be a good idea to post updated rank tables so we can compare put the time on so we can see also just to see if people are slowing down or speeding up a lot.
I know last night the table went down but these are the 2 since its been fixed personally think there should be a few jumps today as everyone/most people stopped donating when it was noticed the board was broken last night


[10:12] lulu10093: http://prntscr.com/1ekjt0 took that one before though so can compare with next update to check all the jumps they should have
[10:56] lulu10093: http://prntscr.com/1ekrnf been updated again

[lulu10093]

[13:03] lulu10093: http://prntscr.com/1el8p8 updated again

[Iolanthe]

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/5012/cfxo.jpg

[Fadito]

the current ranking can be found at http://static.cdn.ubi.com/0034/archive/birthday_event/ladder.png

http://static.cdn.ubi.com/0034/archive/birthday_event/ladder.png

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1emc4f 16:53 bst

[Sto_Helit]

http://prntscr.com/1emuxn 18.30 BST

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1en0op 18:56 bst

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1ensx4 20:56 bst

[Fadito]

funny how poland#1 stops exact with 100%. bb is so sick :(

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1eolr6 99.2% @ 22:54 bst :)

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1ep9to
lol i registered with fb log in i will get us going to 100% just next few updates will be missing unless someone else wants to do the same on a German server :)
it is due to be updated every 2 hours

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1epben 100.2% well done everyone now keep going :D @ 00:52 via my new German account

[SwampHen]

I honestly think that making 100% has been such a slog that after reaching it, it's natural for servers or server teams to slow down and have a breather before trying for 150% or 200%.

NB: I'm happy to keep making water at the same rate, but it didn't surprise me that the top servers paused for awhile.

By the way, great link (http://static.cdn.ubi.com/0034/archive/birthday_event/ladder.png) Fadito that lets you see the latest rankings directly.

[Fexno]

I found something nice, if you want to see the percentage over time, look at
this document created by matheschlumpf (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AihivRfZWkGodEFvZF9sM1BjVmMyUmlMZzlGR0dzY kE#gid=1)

Many thnx to matheschlumpf

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1erd34 @ 9:04 bst

[Gavona]

I found something nice, if you want to see the percentage over time, look at
this document created by matheschlumpf (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AihivRfZWkGodEFvZF9sM1BjVmMyUmlMZzlGR0dzY kE#gid=1)

Many thnx to matheschlumpf
That is brilliant! And it shows that Sandycove/Newfoundland are maintaining production of balloons when others are slowing. Keep it up guys and gals!

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1erpwa @ 10:50 bst

[Shelob81]

That is brilliant! And it shows that Sandycove/Newfoundland are maintaining production of balloons when others are slowing. Keep it up guys and gals!

It also shows that more balloons are needed above 100%, but apart from that little fact which BB forgot to mention:

GOOD JOB EVERYONE!!!

We are actually in for a spot on the top 10, keep up the good work :)

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1es6tu @13:00 bst were still rising at same pace by looks of it

if we keep this up WE CAN OVERTAKE 10th place

[lapta]

nice posts

[Thejollyone]

http://prntscr.com/1esomy @14:50 bst

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1etfi8 @ 17:11 bst

[Fexno]

http://prntscr.com/1eu177 @18:53 bst 101.6 vs 101.6

next target: germany 11 and 7 :D

[lulu10093]

OMG as I said in g4 when i noticed we rock :)
guys keep making and donating just push past position 10 tell your mates to start making and donating if they haven't been We CAN do this
And Germans here we come were gonna chase you up the ranks
Come on UK servers :D

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1evdm0 i forgot to post was this @ 20:57 bst

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1evs9t @ 23:00 bst we are .1% ahead of polish keep it up guys were now 10th and aiming to get to 9th lets get the Germans next :)

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1ewf0j @ 00:51 bst still .1% ahead need someone to take over posting updates now next one due : 02:50 bst then every 2 hours after that :)

[Fexno]

http://prntscr.com/1ey4vr @08:30 .2% ahead

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1eytwh just noticed @ 11:06 bst were .3 ahead keep going everyone :)

[Thejollyone]

http://prntscr.com/1ezac7 13:10 bst

[Thejollyone]

http://prntscr.com/1ezu7s @ 15:11 bst

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1f0dx0 @ 16:52 bst still in the lead :)

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1f12as @ 18:51 bst :) keep going everyone

[lulu10093]

Ranking table still broken and its Sunday @ 07:12 bst hmmmmmmm not good really its been down since Friday, i know they don't work weekends but surely they could have sorted something out by now.

[Sto_Helit]

Ranking table still broken and its Sunday @ 07:12 bst hmmmmmmm not good really its been down since Friday, i know they don't work weekends but surely they could have sorted something out by now.

I reckon it will be up on Monday morning. BB will probably be facing the wrath of the Germans at that point, so I think it will be sorted out pretty quickly once they are in the office. The last thing they want is all the Germans getting up and walking out in disgust before the event is over.....

[auntyrae]

I find it hard to believe that in this day and age a company doesn't have staff working staggered work weeks to ensure that their online businesses are running 24/7.

[lulu10093]

I find it hard to believe that in this day and age a company doesn't have staff working staggered work weeks to ensure that their online businesses are running 24/7.

i agree like i said in g4 before :(
[18:42] [BHG] lulu10093: the game runs 24/hours 7 days a week so they could have skelliton staff on at weekends

its madness

[Sto_Helit]

i agree like i said in g4 before :(
[18:42] [BHG] lulu10093: the game runs 24/hours 7 days a week so they could have skelliton staff on at weekends

its madness


The Germans aren't highly impressed by it either. They had a few posts regarding the lack of a fix for the graphic, and a couple of replacement graphics:

http://forum.diesiedleronline.de/threads/94212-Jubil%C3%A4ums-Event-Feedback?p=877380&viewfull=1#post877380

http://forum.diesiedleronline.de/threads/94212-Jubil%C3%A4ums-Event-Feedback?p=877412&viewfull=1#post877412

I quite like the abacus.

[lulu10093]

lol sto :p

[Gytha_Ogg]

I find it hard to believe that in this day and age a company doesn't have staff working staggered work weeks to ensure that their online businesses are running 24/7.

Costs, means more man hours to pay for and most weekends there are no faults so people will be getting paid to sit down and spin in office chairs. I am sure if there is a serious major fault that has to be fixed then engineers could dial in from home or even be asked to do some overtime. As it is this is hardly a serious fault that can't wait till Monday. Annoying yes but serious, no.

I work for a major multinational manufacturing company and it is the same system.

[Sto_Helit]

Update!!!!

http://prntscr.com/1fii8x

It's up again. Donate balloons! We can beat the Germans.

[Sto_Helit]

Costs, means more man hours to pay for and most weekends there are no faults so people will be getting paid to sit down and spin in office chairs. I am sure if there is a serious major fault that has to be fixed then engineers could dial in from home or even be asked to do some overtime. As it is this is hardly a serious fault that can't wait till Monday. Annoying yes but serious, no.

I work for a major multinational manufacturing company and it is the same system.

Even the Germans were really upset that BB hadn't fixed it over the weekend, so BB did get a lot of feedback about it. However, it is possible to work round it until the problem has been fixed. We expect the table to fail next weekend too, and we prepare for that. Then it won't be a surprise if it does.

[Zotamedu]

Costs, means more man hours to pay for and most weekends there are no faults so people will be getting paid to sit down and spin in office chairs. I am sure if there is a serious major fault that has to be fixed then engineers could dial in from home or even be asked to do some overtime. As it is this is hardly a serious fault that can't wait till Monday. Annoying yes but serious, no.

I work for a major multinational manufacturing company and it is the same system.

If you have a sensitive system you use people on call. So they don't need to be at the office but if something is not working properly, you call them in. The beautiful thing with programming is that there is no reason what so ever for the coder monkeys to go to the actual office. All they need is an internet connection and all work could be done from anywhere in the world. Having people on call costs money too but not as much as having people just sitting around at the office. If you want to be taken serious with a game that is running 24/7, then you need people on call. Now this is an event and the score board has broken down two weekends in a row. I think they should really spend some time trying to fix it. But then again, BB has repeatedly shown in the past that they hate their customers.

[Sto_Helit]

If you have a sensitive system you use people on call. So they don't need to be at the office but if something is not working properly, you call them in. The beautiful thing with programming is that there is no reason what so ever for the coder monkeys to go to the actual office. All they need is an internet connection and all work could be done from anywhere in the world. Having people on call costs money too but not as much as having people just sitting around at the office. If you want to be taken serious with a game that is running 24/7, then you need people on call. Now this is an event and the score board has broken down two weekends in a row. I think they should really spend some time trying to fix it. But then again, BB has repeatedly shown in the past that they hate their customers.

Even programmers sitting at home cost the same as programmers going into the office. If they did provide support 24/7, do you think it would still be a free to play game?

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fj222 107.3 were going up again :) @ 13:03 bst

[Zotamedu]

Even programmers sitting at home cost the same as programmers going into the office. If they did provide support 24/7, do you think it would still be a free to play game?

That is entirely dependent on they contract. You can design it so they get a little bit of money for the time that they are on stand by and then they get more money when they are actually needed. This is an extremely common way to do things. You don't need an army of programmers. You need one or two and they would most likely handle a whole bunch of the games offered by BB. There are several online games offered by BB you know.

[Sto_Helit]

That is entirely dependent on they contract. You can design it so they get a little bit of money for the time that they are on stand by and then they get more money when they are actually needed. This is an extremely common way to do things. You don't need an army of programmers. You need one or two and they would most likely handle a whole bunch of the games offered by BB. There are several online games offered by BB you know.

Yes, but they still have to think it's worth the money, regardless of how many online games they make. Apparently they don't at the moment. :D

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fj222 107.3 were going up again :) @ 13:03 bst

http://prntscr.com/1fjqsz @ 15:36 bst now 107.6 were still rising keep it up guys and gals

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fk80i @17:06 107.9 up .3% again in 2 hours

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fkx3g @ 19:04 bst 108.2% still rising :)

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1flojz @ 20:57 bst 108.8 :) .4 rise that time

[Sto_Helit]

http://prntscr.com/1flojz @ 20:57 bst 108.8 :) .4 rise that time

And congratulations to Northisle and Czech Republic for getting over 100%! Join the ranks of servers that will get rewards and aim for 150% next. :D

[Chilly728]

And congratulations to Northisle and Czech Republic for getting over 100%! Join the ranks of servers that will get rewards and aim for 150% next. :D

We got there eventually! Lets hope the work experience kid drawing the graphic is feeling kind and we can scrape 150%...

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fp3zs @ 07:57 bst 109.3

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fpdlr @ 09:17 bst were 109.5 still going up :D

[Zotamedu]

So we managed to donate the same amount of balloons in the 24 hours after the list went back up again as during the entire weekend while the list was down. Do we need any more proof that these problems has had a negative effect on the event and that BB should either compensate with some free balloons or more time?

[Larili]

So we managed to donate the same amount of balloons in the 24 hours after the list went back up again as during the entire weekend while the list was down. Do we need any more proof that these problems has had a negative effect on the event and that BB should either compensate with some free balloons or more time?

What BB needs to do is recognise that there is a lack of trust , based with some justification on recent past actions on their part, because of their unwillingness to communicate quickly with player relevant information. It is clear that on the face of it the information they gave ( via the German forums initially, which is again part of the problem :() that donating was indeed ok whilst the ranking table was down. It was our decision not to believe them and hold onto our balloons, we can't really ask for special treatment because of this, but they do need to recognise that they do have a problem and be more proactive to address it.

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fptx9 @ 11:31 bst 109.7

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fq9gj @13:28 bst 109.9

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fqtha @ 15:28 110%

[Zotamedu]

What BB needs to do is recognise that there is a lack of trust , based with some justification on recent past actions on their part, because of their unwillingness to communicate quickly with player relevant information. It is clear that on the face of it the information they gave ( via the German forums initially, which is again part of the problem :() that donating was indeed ok whilst the ranking table was down. It was our decision not to believe them and hold onto our balloons, we can't really ask for special treatment because of this, but they do need to recognise that they do have a problem and be more proactive to address it.
The complete lack of trust is their own fault and the complete lack of information is also their own fault. They have handled problems extremely poorly in the past and they have repeatedly been very bad at giving out information. In order to restore some credibility and trust, they need to at least show that they care about us and take some responsibility for their faults. They were the ones who broke the event, not us. So if they want to earn our trust back, they need to actually show that they care about us. It's the not giving a damn about the players that's the problem. If they give us some more time as a compensation for the mess they created. People would be much more forgiving off their mistakes since they show that they care. Now they just ignored us, gave us little or no information and because of that, the event suffered.

A prime example of this is the halloween event where the pumpkins where handled extremely poor. The game is poorly coded so the last resource of any pool, be it a mine or a field does not actually count. Making a counter that counts to zero was apparently beyond the capabilities of the ones who made the game. For farms and mines, this is generally not a problem but it was quite a problem with the pumpkins since it was such a rare resource and missing out on those last pumpkins meant a rather large loss in resources. Furthermore, the extremely long production cycle revealed that all production is reset sometime each morning. Again, with a production time of minutes, this is not a big deal but when you have a production time of hours and need to time buffs for a rare resource, having the timer reset by several hours makes in close to impossible to time buffs. Specially when you are not entirely sure when in the morning this happens. No official replies were made and no apologies were given out. Had they just said they were sorry for the problems and given us 10 token pumpkins it would have been fine because it shows that they at least pretend to care about their players. Now they just ignored it which only leads to resentment.

So at this stage, it's not really about missing out on a couple of hundred gems. It's about credibility and their relations with their own player base. They need to show that they actually care about us and the easy thing is to either hand out some balloons, give us a couple of free percentage points or preferably, give us a couple of more days to complete the event.

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1frelu @ 17:18 bst 110.2% now were raising .2% every 2 hours

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fs2sk @ 19:13 bst 110.4%

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fsyr8 @ 21:22 bst 110.6%

[ABeaney]

If we keep that up (24hrs a day) then next Tuesday we will be at 145.?? - More balloons needed :(

[Bottlecap]

It was our decision not to believe them and hold onto our balloons

Since this was not the first time that the ladder was was not available so I kept donating while it was down because BB gave assurance that balloons would still be counted.

I am now think that it is BB that really needs to see http://www.mathsisfun.com/percentage.html

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fto7k @ 23:01 bst 110.8%

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fw20y @ 07:26 bst 111.2%

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fwmzo @10:32 111.3%

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fws8d @ 11:13 bst 111,5%

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fx5aw @ 12:55 bst 111.6%

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fy1go @16.06 bst 111.8% other people can post the updated tables in here also :D

http://static.cdn.ubi.com/0034/archive/birthday_event/ladder.png

im using this i just refresh the page after 2 hours and the new stats table shows up

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fyc40 @ 16:59 bst 112%

[Merkraad]

So with 6-7 days left I wonder if we can reach 150%?

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fz7i5 @ 19:31 bst 112.1% we have slowed down dramatically :(
But were still rising very slowly and i am still making and donating until the end

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1fzw21 @ 21:11 bst 112.3%

[lulu10093]

So with 6-7 days left I wonder if we can reach 150%?

All we can do is try our best, if we don't try we cant succeed if we try our best we have a chance :D all we need is more balloons made and donated :)

[Merkraad]

Yes lets fight to the end!!! =D

http://forum.thesettlersonline.com/threads/24868-Rally-for-Balloons-!!!

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1g33tw

112.9%
@ 07:49 bst

[Sto_Helit]

We carry on, even though it seems that we are crawling through mud to get every last 0.1%. We keep our top ten position and aim for 150%.

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1g49zg @ 13:30 bst
113.3%

[lulu10093]

113.5 % @ 15:40 bst
http://prntscr.com/1g4viu

[ChuckleBrother]

Can somebody please clarify the following please...

After 100%.... does it take more balloons per %. ie ... If it takes 1 million to reach 100% then, it should take 1.5mill to reach 150% (yes I know these figures aren't even close, I'm just using them as an example).
There are those that believe that after 100%, the number of balloons required for each % is increased. My question is.... is it?
If it is, then that's wrong. I believe it isn't btw but some official clarification would be appreciated.
Thanks.

[lulu10093]

Can somebody please clarify the following please...

After 100%.... does it take more balloons per %. ie ... If it takes 1 million to reach 100% then, it should take 1.5mill to reach 150% (yes I know these figures aren't even close, I'm just using them as an example).
There are those that believe that after 100%, the number of balloons required for each % is increased. My question is.... is it?
If it is, then that's wrong. I believe it isn't btw but some official clarification would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Nobody knows
BB wont tell us :(

also

@19:09 bst 113.7%

http://prntscr.com/1g61n7

[lulu10093]

113.9 @ 20:59 bst
http://prntscr.com/1g6qvj

[Sto_Helit]

Can somebody please clarify the following please...

After 100%.... does it take more balloons per %. ie ... If it takes 1 million to reach 100% then, it should take 1.5mill to reach 150% (yes I know these figures aren't even close, I'm just using them as an example).
There are those that believe that after 100%, the number of balloons required for each % is increased. My question is.... is it?
If it is, then that's wrong. I believe it isn't btw but some official clarification would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Unfortunately we won't get official clarification, although most people believe that the number of balloons required for 150% and 200% do change.

[Dorotheus]

I disagree, there are too many other factors but the naysayers campaign of uninformed disinformation has had it's effect. We now need to triple our output to reach 150%, for 200% we need to increase production to 7x it's current rate.

[lulu10093]

114.4%
@ 07:12 bst
http://prntscr.com/1g9vvv

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1gaheg

114.6 @ 10:17 bst

[lulu10093]

114.8 @ 12:39 bst
http://prntscr.com/1gayvy

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1gbgg9
114.9 @ 14:34 bst

[lulu10093]

115% @ 15:00 bst
http://prntscr.com/1gbl23

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1gcd7a

115,1 % @ 17:30 bst

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1gd6pi

115.2% @ 19:50 bst

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1gdprm

115,4% @ 21:13 bst

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1gh08y 115.9% @ 08:44 bst

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1gh1bl 116% @ 08:53 bst

[lulu10093]

116.5% @ 16:39 bst

http://prntscr.com/1giqhc

[lulu10093]

116.6% @ 17:47 bst

http://prntscr.com/1gj1zk

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1gjldk

top 2 Germans got 200% or over

we are 116.7% @ 19:30 bst
still 10th place lets see if we can keep it :)

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1gk2ya

116.9 @ 20:56 bst

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1gn9os 117.3 @ 08:38 bst

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1gnnp9 117.4
@ 10:42 bst

[lulu10093]

http://prntscr.com/1h0kka

Finishing Table @ 08:32 23/7/13
Well Done everyone.

used

http://static.cdn.ubi.com/0034/archive/birthday_event/ladder.png to get it

[Fexno]

Congratulations to all 3 uk servers, we were first and second after the germans and poland 2 :D:D

[Tawaret]

Congratulations to all 3 uk servers, we were first and second after the germans and poland 2 :D:D

Congratulations to UK 1, UK 2, UK 3 and CZ 1 for fighting the good fight right to the end. :D

[Old___Boy]

Unless I've missed it, where are the final results and info from BB on how it went, what they learnt for next time?

[lulu10093]

Unless I've missed it, where are the final results and info from BB on how it went, what they learnt for next time?


http://prntscr.com/1h0kka

final results table

prob wont get info until they decide what they doing and how they doing it